pg_filedump man page
pg_filedump — PostgreSQL heap/index/control file dumper
Synopsis
pg_filedump [-abcdfhixy] [-R startblock [endblock]] [-S blocksize] file
Description
Display formatted contents of a PostgreSQL heap/index/control file.
The following options are valid for heap and index files
- -a
Display absolute addresses when formatting (Block header information is always block relative)
- -b
Display binary block images within a range (Option will turn off all formatting options)
- -d
Display formatted block content dump (Option will turn off all other formatting options)
- -f
Display formatted block content dump along with interpretation
- -h
Display this information
- -i
Display interpreted item details
- -R
-
Display specific block ranges within the file (Blocks are indexed from 0)
[startblock]: block to start at [endblock]: block to end at
A startblock without an endblock will format the single block
- -S
Force block size to [blocksize]
- -x
Force interpreted formatting of block items as index items
- -y
Force interpreted formatting of block items as heap items
The following options are valid for control files
- -c
Interpret the file listed as a control file
- -f
Display formatted content dump along with interpretation
- -S
Force block size to [blocksize]
Others
This manual page was generated from pg_filedump help output (-h) by help2man(1).
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